Beadnell Section (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• middle Priabonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: H. J. L. Beadnell. 1905. The topography and geology of the Fayum Province of Egypt. Survey Department of Egypt, Cairo 1-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79700: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
 Tubulariae -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
"Astrohelia similis" = Astrhelia
"Astrohelia similis" = Astrhelia stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella carnifera, "Turritella pharaonica" = Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Turritella carnifera turret shell
"Turritella pharaonica" = Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica Cossmann 1901 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea elegans" = Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea reili oyster
Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854 oyster
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon osiris" = Saghacetus osiris
"Zeuglodon osiris" = Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eosiren libyca n. gen. n. sp.
Eosiren libyca n. gen. n. sp. Andrews 1902 dugong
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Moeritherium gracile n. sp. Andrews 1902 proboscidean
originally entered as "Moeritherium gracilis"
 Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Barytherium grave Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Thalassochelys libyca Andrews 1901 loggerhead
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis stromeri von Reinach 1903 river turtle
Stereogenys podocnemioides n. sp. sideneck turtle
Stereogenys cromeri n. gen. n. sp. Andrews 1901 sideneck turtle
"Podocnemis antiqua" = Cordichelys antiqua Andrews 1903 sideneck turtle
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews 1901 snake
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
Gigantophis garstini n. gen. n. sp.
Gigantophis garstini n. gen. n. sp. Andrews 1901 snake
CGM C.10022 - holotype
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
"Tomistoma africanum n. sp." = Eogavialis africanum
"Tomistoma africanum n. sp." = Eogavialis africanum Andrews 1901 crocodilian